PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE • July 24, 2023
New immigrants in Maine are benefiting from an effort to improve access to traditional foods and farming practices. Presente! Maine, a Latino and Indigenous-led nonprofit, offers immigrants the chance to help grow food on its one-acre farm near Portland. new immigrants with deep agricultural backgrounds are creating a new sense of home in the city by planting corn, tomato, cilantro and garlic seeds in the ground. Developed during the pandemic, when grocery store shelves were sometimes empty, the farm produced 15,000 pounds of produce in its first year.